ASUS Rog Ally is the company's first gaming handheld, and the $599 machine blows its competition—including the Steam Deck—out of the water.

The ASUS Rog Ally is great for gamers looking to take their games on the go—specifically, those who want the full Windows 11 experience as well as support for both Steam and Xbox marketplaces.

The Asus ROG Ally X is using the same Z1 Extreme chip as the original Ally, but everything else has changed, making it one of the best handheld gaming PCs yet.

Asus ROG Ally X: APU: AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme: AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme: Memory: 16GB LPDDR5-6400: 24GB LPDDR5-7500: Storage: 512GB Gen 4×4 NVMe SSD, micro SD slot UHS-II: up to 1TB M.2 2280 NVMe PCIe ...

The Asus ROG Ally X has the most comfortable grip, the smoothest gameplay, and the longest-lasting battery among Windows gaming handhelds. In some ways, it’s even better than Deck.

Asus claims the ROG Ally X provides up to 24 percent more airflow, which keeps the display panel cooler by up to 6 degrees Celsius. Performance: The difference a big battery and RAM make.